ID

VAR-201405-0207

CVE

CVE-2014-0517

TITLE

Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR SDK Vulnerable to access restrictions

DESCRIPTION

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.214 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.359 on Linux, Adobe AIR SDK before 13.0.0.111, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 13.0.0.111 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0518, CVE-2014-0519, and CVE-2014-0520. This vulnerability CVE-2014-0518 , CVE-2014-0519 ,and CVE-2014-0520 Is a different vulnerability.An attacker may be able to bypass access restrictions. This may aid in further attacks. Background ========== The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.20= 2.359" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2014-0510 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0510 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0516 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0516 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0517 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0517 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-0518 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0518 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0519 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0519 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0520 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0520 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-08.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0496-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0496.html Issue date: 2014-05-14 CVE Names: CVE-2014-0510 CVE-2014-0516 CVE-2014-0517 CVE-2014-0518 CVE-2014-0519 CVE-2014-0520 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-14, listed in the References section. Multiple flaws were found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2014-0516) All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.359. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1081615 - CVE-2014-0510 flash-plugin: use-after-free flaw leads to arbitrary code execution 1097369 - CVE-2014-0517 CVE-2014-0518 CVE-2014-0519 CVE-2014-0520 flash-plugin: security protection bypass (APSB14-14) 1097372 - CVE-2014-0516 flash-plugin: same origin policy bypass (APSB14-14) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0510.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0516.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0517.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0518.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0519.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0520.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFTc7YiXlSAg2UNWIIRAssWAJ9aF/xWa3i5nn7IJzgoKVfxkA5AUQCgo+In Qm8sAIfnwqTa5TXOxeHxYWY= =F88V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce

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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

permissions and access control

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CREDITS

James Forshaw of Contextis

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2025-04-13T23:31:39.208000+00:00

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